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P              AULDING                   BUSINESS PARK   CITY  ACRES ZONING SERVED    OPPORTUNITY  JOBS TAX
                                                                                                                                                                                                       What Do You Love About
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL PARK SITES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               RAIL-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   CREDIT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ZONE
                                                                                                                                                                                                           County?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          No
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Heavy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                No
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hiram
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   $3500/job
                                                                                                                                                                                                      MIKE BARBER                        Hiram Industrial Park  Hiram  55  Industrial  Yes  Yes    $1750/job    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Dallas Industrial Park
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Industrial
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Farmer, Paulding Resident for over 20 years                       Light
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Paulding Commerce Park  Hiram  130     No        Yes      $3500/job
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Industrial
                                                                                                                                                                                                             They’re more business oriented.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Light
                                                                                                                                                                                                    “                                    Paulding Northwest   Dallas  160  Industrial  No  Yes     $3500/job
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Atlanta Airport Park
                                                                                                                                                                                                      You can start a business and actually grow
                                                                                                                                                                                                      it quite easily.                   West Paulding    Dallas  148  Industrial  No     Yes      $3500/job
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Industrial Park
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ”                                                                       Source: SelectGeorgia.com
                                                                                                                                                                         PAULDING COUNTY POPULATION GROW TH                                   BUSINESS                   ECONOMIC
                                                                                                                                                                         BY YEAR                                                              CLIMATE                    DEVELOPMENT ASSETS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Many businesses have
                                                                                                                                                                   1960         13,101       11.5%                                       benefited from the clear    LOW TAXES: including 100%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Freeport exemption.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        advantages of locating
                                                                                                                                                                   1970          17,520       33.7%                                     and operating in Paulding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     INCENTIVES MAY INCLUDE:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        County, from small-business
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • taxable and tax-exempt bond financing
                                                                                                                                                                   1980           26,110       49.0%                                    entrepreneurs to multinational
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • job, investment, retraining, and child care tax credits
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        enterprises. Among these
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • county incentives to businesses that fit the planned
                                                                                                                                                                   1990                41,611       59.4%                                benefits are the obvious
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and qualified measure of quality job-growth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        proximity to a major
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and jobs
                                                                                                                                                                   2000                           81,678       96.3%                    metropolitan hub, a superb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        infrastructure, a wealth of    AVAILABLE QUALIFIED
                                                                                                                                                                   2010                                           142,324       74.3%   affordable land, and sites   WORKFORCE:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         that are ideal for technology,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • more than 85 percent of Paulding County workers
                                                                                                                                                                   2014                                             148,617       4.7%  aerospace, medical, bio-medical,   hold high school diplomas or higher
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        industrial, manufacturing, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • labor pool draws from at least seven other
                                                                                                                                                                   2015                                              151,771       2.2%  distribution facilities. Not   surrounding counties
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         to mention significant state
                                                                                                                                                                   2016                                                155,374       2.3%  and county development    EDUCATION & TRAINING: Paulding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        incentives, which are available   County residents benefit from the wealth of superb
                                                                                                                                                                   2017                                                 159,445       2.6%  to both current and incoming   higher education institutions throughout the metro
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         businesses for expansion,   Atlanta area, including nursing programs and
                                                                                                                                                                   Source: U.S. Census Bureau                                            relocation, and growth.     teaching hospitals.

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